Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COSMIC EGG, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Upon a rock, yet uncreate Last Line: But the alligator was potentator. Subject(s): Ingenuity | ||||||||
UPON a rock yet uncreate, Amid a chaos inchoate, An uncreated being sate; Beneath him, rock, Above him, cloud. And the cloud was rock, And the rock was cloud. The rock theft growing soft and warm, The cloud began to take a form, A form chaotic, vast, and vague, Which issued in the cosmic egg. Then the Being uncreate On the egg did incubate, And thus became the incubator; And of the egg did allegate, And thus became the alligator; And the incubator was potentate, But the alligator was potentator. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO A HUMAN HEART by SAMUEL LAMAN BLANCHARD THE LAWYER'S INVOCATION TO SPRING by HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL DISASTER by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY MOTHERHOOD by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY ON THE BRINK by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY METRICAL FEET by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE NOCTURNAL SKETCH; BLANK VERSE IN RHYME by THOMAS HOOD BALLADE OF BLUE CHINA by ANDREW LANG THE V-A-S-E by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE |
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